Online safety

Britain opens probe into TikTok’s child-safety measures

TikTok said it was confident that it met obligations set out by Britain’s Online Safety Act.

Forum: Schools teach students values and critical thinking to counter harmful narratives

Global AI industry falls short on safety, think-tank warns

The report noted that several AI companies that previously banned their technology from military uses have “gradually reversed course.

ByteDance, Alibaba pull AI companions as Beijing tightens rules

ByteDance’s Doubao, China’s most popular AI chatbot, will shut down a feature on July 15 that allows users to customise their own AI personas.

Forum: HardwareZone infraction point system only one of many ways to enforce rules

Forum: Online moderation systems should distinguish between etiquette breaches and serious abuse

Online Safety Commission offers hope, but victims want process simplified

The commission offers an alternative for those who encounter inadequate, delayed or unhelpful responses from social media platforms over harms encountered online.

India said to have issued notice to Telegram and Signal on concerns over usernames

India temporarily blocked Telegram in June.

India tells WhatsApp to halt username roll-out, justify feature or face action

India is WhatsApp’s biggest market with more than 500 million users..

New Online Safety Commission opens its doors to help victims tackle harmful content

Singapore’s Commissioner of Online Safety Francis Ng. The Online Safety Commission was set up to address victims’ frustrations with slow platform responses.

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